Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (
March 9 1907,
Bucharest -
April 22 1986,
Chicago) was a
Romanian philosopher of religion and writer (
fantasy and
autobiographical). He spoke 8 languages fluently (
Romanian,
French,
German,
Italian,
English,
Hebrew,
Persian and
Sanskrit).
In 1928, at the University of Bucharest, he met Emile Cioran and Eugène Ionesco, and the three became lifelong friends. He has been criticized for alleged connections in his youth with Garda de Fier (The Iron Gard), an extreme-right-wing political organization. However, it is not at all clear that the personal associations of his youth had any great influence on his scholarly production, which began after a long period of study in India.
Scientific Books
- Yoga: Essai sur les origines de la mystique indienne, (1936)
- Cosmologie si alchemie babiloniana, (1937)
- Commentarii la legenda mesterului Manole, (1943)
- Techniques du yoga, (1948)
- Traité d'histoire des religions, (1949)
- Le Mythe de l'eternel retour: archétypes et répetition, (1949)
- Le Chamanisme, (1951)
- From Primitives To Zen (full text)
Literary Books
- Maitreyi, (1933)
- Întoarcea din rai, (1934)
- Huliganii, (1935)
- Domnisoara Christina, (1936)
- Nunta în cer, (1938)
- Pe strada Mantuleasa, (1968)
- La tiganci, (1969)
See also: Literature of Romania, List of fantasy authors, Philosophy of religion
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